John Hunter Hospital

Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Orthopaedics

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John Hunter Hospital
Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Orthopaedics
Lookout Road
2305 New Lambton Heights
Australia
Department
Name of department: Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Orthopaedics
Head of department: Mitchell Hansen
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Mitchell Hansen
Head of department: Mitchell Hansen
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? Yes would require registration in NSW
More information
Number of beds in department: 50
Total surgical cases per year: 1300
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: No
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

Other specialties as required

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